{"id":291566,"date":"2025-06-13T21:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/nyc-mayors-and-federal-officials-nyc-department-of-records-information-services\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T21:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:48:01","slug":"nyc-mayors-and-federal-officials-nyc-department-of-records-information-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=291566","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayors and Federal Officials \u2014 NYC Department of Records &#038; Information Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Fiorello La Guardia\u2019s three terms as Mayor (1934-1945) coincided with a significant time in the city\u2019s history, from the Great Depression through World War II. The collection demonstrates how closely he worked with federal officials at every level as they sought to ameliorate Depression-related conditions. There is voluminous correspondence regarding efforts to provide unemployment relief through public works projects such as highways, parks, and housing, that would forever change the physical landscape of New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The first folder of \u201ccorrespondence with federal officials\u201d in Mayor LaGuardia\u2019s collection shows how the City obtained federal funds for construction of the Henry Hudson Parkway. In May 1934, Harold Ickes, the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, informed City officials that \u201cthe project is worthy of future consideration.\u201d He asked for a detailed application. Within days, Parks Commissioner Robert Moses obliged with a detailed multi-page proposal, including blueprints and project cost estimates. Ickes approved, and construction began in February 1935; the portion south of the George Washington Bridge opened to motorists on October 10, 1937.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Clerks in the Mayor\u2019s Office continued the practice of separately filing federal correspondence during the administration of LaGuardia\u2019s successor, William O\u2019Dwyer (1946-1950). And, beginning with the O\u2019Dwyer administration they further separated letters to and from the President. Not all federal correspondence concerned fiscal matters. There are numerous letters concerning special events, and notes politely thanking one another for an invitation or hospitality during a visit to their respective cities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Mayor O\u2019Dwyer\u2019s files, for example, include a letter to his Executive Secretary, John Tierney from Murray O. Smyth, Director of the Office of Public information in the Treasury Department. Dated May 4, 1950, it confirmed that Mayor O\u2019Dwyer would ring an exact duplicate of the Liberty Bell set up on the steps of City Hall. Smyth suggested this would \u201cmake a fine event for the newsreels as well as for press photos.\u201d He also noted that the Liberty Bell is an exact duplicate of the original bell in Philadelphia, \u201cwithout the crack.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiorello La Guardia\u2019s three terms as Mayor (1934-1945) coincided with a significant time in the city\u2019s history, from the Great Depression through World War II. The collection demonstrates how closely he worked with federal officials at every level as they sought to ameliorate Depression-related conditions. 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